This book is a compilation of twenty-four life stories of the closest and most eminent of the Buddha's personal disciples.
PLOTINUS (A.D. 204/5-270), possibly of Roman descent, but certainly a Greek in education and environment, was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. Practically nothing is known of his early life, but at the age of 28 he came to Alexandria, and studied philosophy wi…
PLOTINUS (A.D. 204/5-270), possibly of Roman descent, but certainly a Greek in education and environment, was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. Practically nothing is known of his early life, but at the age of 28 he came to Alexandria, and studied philosophy wi…
Plotinus (204/5-270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also exp…
The principal conflicts in Mark's Gospel, between Jesus and the religious authorities and between Jesus and his disciples, have most often been treated in previous Markan scholarship in isolation from one another, and have been read largely as means to historical or theological …
Taalibe Baay, or Disciples of the Senegalese Shaykh `Ibrāhīm (Baay) Ñas, form a transnational network defined primarily by relations of religious apprenticeship and co-discipleship. Whereas several major Islamic adherences in Senegal arose as quasi-political intermediaries betwe…
This thesis seeks to determine how Luke treats the motif of women disciples in his gospel. The research hypothesis is as follows: Luke presented women of the Jesus movement as full disciples. In doing so, he was opening new avenues to women in his community. The main method used…
The characterization of the Markan disciples has been and continues to be the object of much scholarly reflection and speculation. For many, the Markan author's presentation of Jesus' disciples holds a key, if not the key, to unlocking the purpose and function of the gospel as a…
God intended to impact culture, and one way to impact culture is by building relationships. However, there is very little interaction between members of various churches in the Waverly area, which is not good for anyone, in that (a) it is a bad witness to Christian unity for all…
The goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate that the narrative structure of a historical account gives significance to particular historical events in the narrative, using the death of Paul as a case study. The first narrative analyzed in this study is the Martyrdom of Paul,…
The project director serves as the high school pastor at Ingleside Baptist Church (IBC) in Macon, Georgia. The project director identified the need for families at IBC to live missionally by making disciples both within the home and with the family of others far from God. Thus, …
Spread out around the world are English-speaking international churches being used by God to reach, disciple, and minister to the English-speaking international community. How are these churches reaching out to diverse and transient communities? What are the common strategies us…
Sumphilosophein: la vita nell'Accademia di Platone